Stepan Karelin graduated from the University of Music and Arts in Graz, Austria.  He is a guest soloist at the Graz Opera House, a soloist at the Opernloft Theater Hamburg, Germany, a soloist at the Bryansk, Kursk and Lipetsk Philharmonics.
  Laureate of the first prize of the international competition “Grande Romansiada” Moscow 2020.  Laureate of the first competition of the III open Festival-competition of vocal music of the early XX century named after N. Struve. Moscow 2020.  Laureate of the first prize of the international competition under the patronage of the international charitable foundation named after  V. Spivakova “Music of the Stars” Moscow 2019.       First Prize at the International Competition “Classical Competition Bergedorf” Germany, Hamburg 2018